Cot-canopy.



PATBNTED MAY 15, 1906.

I. G. KERRIDGE.

GOT CANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 5. 1905.

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COT CANOPY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COT-CANOPY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed December 5, 1905. Serial No. 290,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo CURTIs KER- RIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Cot-Canopy, of which the followingis a specification. This invention relates to cot and bed canopies, andhas for an object to provide a device of the class embodying new andimproved features of adaptability, simplicity, convenience, andefliciency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cot canopy embodyingimproved 1 means for folding and for insuring insecttight contactbetween the edges of the covering fabric and the cot.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in theform, proportion, size, and minor details may be made without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedcot-canopy applied and in operative position. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one end of the canopy and cot partially folded. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the lower corner adjustment as indicated byarrow 3. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the upper corneradjustment indicated by arrow 4. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detailperspective showing the means of securing the cot and canopy folded andunited for storage and transportation.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

In its preferred embodiment the improved canopy forming thesubject-matter of this application comprises frame-bars and 11 crossedand pivoted, as at 12 and 13, and secured to the side rails 14 and 15,as by the winged screw 16, through the holes 17. The lower ends of theframe-pieces 10 and 11 are extended below the side rails, as at 18 and19, and the extremities provided with long shanked hooks 20, whichengage eyes, as 21, in the side rails and serve as braces to increasethe rigidity of the frame.

The upper extremities of the end pieces 10 and 11 support thelongitudinal frame-pieces 22 and 23, which are connected therewith inany approved manner, as by the bent rods 24, and vertical uprights 25and 26 are connected by eyes 27, embracing the rods 24, and larger eyes28, slidably embracing the pieces 10 and 11.

Upon the uprights 25 and 26 are slidably mounted the horizontal bars 29and 30, as by the eyes 31, and a cord or cable 32 is connected at eachend to the middle of the bars 29 and and extends through or over thelongitudinal frame-pieces 22 and 23 and by use of which the sliding rodsmay be raised to permit a person to enter the canopy.

The frame described supports a fabric 33 of any approved mesh to preventthe passage of insects, the supporting being accom plished in anyapproved manner, as by the rings 34, and the longitudinal edges areformed with hems 35, embracing the sliding rods 29 and 30, and flexibleor fabric strips 36 are secured transversely and upon which the beddingused may be laid to hold the fabric securely in contact with the cover,as 37, of the cot.

To one of the side rails, as 14, is secured a strap 38, proportioned toembrace the device when folded and to secure it in such folded conditionby engaging the other rail.

In operation the canopy is secured to the cot by the screws 16 andbraces 20, and a person enters by raising either one of the sliding bars29 or 30 by the cord 32, and by which they may be supported until theoccupant is properly within, when the bars are dropped and contact withthe side rails of the cot. To remove the canopy, the braces 20 areunhooked and the screws 16 removed. The canopy may then be folded, asindicated in Fig. 2, the uprights moving slidably upon the end piecesand the sliding bars sliding vertically upon the uprights intojuxtaposition with the longitudinal frame-pieces. The cot and canopy mayalso be folded simultaneously and without disconnecting, as shown inFig. 2, wherein the sliding bars 29 and 30 are raised to more clearlyshow the complete operation; but in simply folding while upon the cotthe sliding bars will not be raised relative to the uprights 25.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A cot-canopycomprising a frame including spaced lon itudinal bars, a horizontal barvertically s idable upon the frame, a fabric supported by the frame andwith its edge secured to the sliding bar and means to raise the slidingbar and suspend it from the frame.

2. A cot-canopy crossed and pivoted end pieces spaced longitudinalframe-pieces supported at the upper extremities of the end pleces,vertical uprights slidably mounted upon the end pieces, a horizontal barvertically slidable upon the uprights and means to raise the horizontalbarand suspend it from the frame.

3. In a cot-canopy, crossed and foldable end pieces normally spacedhorizontal pieces supported at the extremities of the crosspieces,vertical uprights slidably mounted upon the end pieces, a horizontal barvertically slidable upon the uprights, means to raise the horizontal barand suspend it from the frame, means to connect the end pieces to a cotand means carried by the end pieces to brace the frame relative to thecot.

4. A canopy comprising a collapsible frame having horizontal bars spacedapart, uprights connected to the horizontal bars and a fabric coveringsupported by the horizontal bars and normally hanging between theuprights, the end portions of said fabric having inwardly-extendingflaps at their lower edges.

5. A canopy comprising a collapsible frame having horizontal bars spacedapart, uprights connected to the horizontal bars and the fabric coveringsupported by the horizontal bars and normally hangin between theuprights, the end portions of said fabric having inwardly-extendingflaps at their lower edges, and said bars supported by the side portionsof the fabric and slidably mounted on the uprights.

6. A canopy comprising a collapsible frame having horizontal bars spacedapart, uprights connected to the horizontal bars, a fabric coveringsupported by the horizontal bars and normally hanging between theuprights and side bars supported by the fabric and slidably mounted uponthe upri hts.

7. A canopy comprising a co lapsible frame having horizontal bars spacedapart, uprights connected to the horizontal bars, a fabric coveringsupported by the horizontal bars and normally hanging between theuprights and side bars supported by the fabric and slidably mounted uponthe uprights, means for independently raising or lowering the side bars,and inwardly-extending flaps upon the end portions of the covering.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC CURTIS KERRIDGE.

Witnesses:

VAN N. HOPKINS, J. H. KING.

